DOJ prepares to sue Google for antitrust over ad business

The Justice Dept. is preparing an antitrust suit against Google (GOOG, GOOGL) over the company’s digital ad business, Bloomberg reports.

That’s a second such monopoly suit from U.S. antitrust officials, and it could come by year-end as the DOJ has stepped up its pursuit.
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Last October, the Justice Dept. and 11 states filed a landmark antitrust suit against the company, charging the search-engine giant with anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising. Seeking Alpha